The Right is Ready to Take on Hillary

Published by Pamela Gentry on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 11:26 am.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D.NY.) By Pamela Gentry, Senior Political Producer

Posted April 29, 2008 – One thing’s for sure: Daily opinion polls aren’t helping Democrats make up their minds about who should be their nominee. But the Republican Party is ready to unite against Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) if she becomes the Democratic choice for president. Her nomination is just what Republicans need to get conservatives to rally for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

It’s no secret that Republican voters are less likely to cross party lines to support a Democrat for president, but it’s a certainty they won’t if that Democratic is Clinton.

In an Associated Press-Ipsos poll released on Tuesday Clinton gained some ground on her Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill). When matched against McCain, Clinton leads McCain 50 percent to 41 percent, while Obama and McCain were locked in a virtual tied, Obama 44 percent to McCain’s 46 percent. (The margin of error is 3.1 percent.)

But there is a larger margin of error when looking at another reality: how much some Republicans dislike the New York senator.

McCain has been running unchallenged for the most part, while the Democrats slug it out for the nomination. But he’s been working hard on swaying those conservative Republican’s, who haven’t jumped on board with his candidacy.

McCain has enjoyed a holiday of sorts since becoming the presumptive Republican nominee, but I’ve heard McCain knows it’s not smooth sailing when polls continue to show him trailing or tied with both Democratic challengers.

So what’s he doing about it? McCain is tending to mending fences inside his party. He’s been holding meetings with conservative members of Congress, working on building a coalition of right-wing activists and sharing his stance on “hot-button” issues, such as abortion, immigration and tax cuts.

He’s even courting African-American voters by touring places other Republican candidates haven’t. He visited a poor Black community in Alabama, a coal town in Kentucky and went to New Orleans and denounced the federal government’s 2005 response to Hurricane Katrina.

McCain is often quick to pile on the negatives about Obama because his camp believes McCain would defeat Clinton since Republicans would be motivated to go to the polls and rally behind McCain.

Obama, who leads in pledged delegates and the popular vote, has been training some of his comments on the campaign trail toward McCain, rather than Clinton. On Tuesday he criticized his gas-tax holiday proposal. “He had the gall yesterday to tell me that obviously because I didn’t agree with his plan I must not be sympathetic to poor people,” Obama said.

It looks like McCain will have to wait until the end of the Democratic primary before he’ll know for sure who he will be running against.

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Sandy Said on April 30th, 2008

Wake up! Wake up! Why hasn’t the media aired the fact that the Clintons had Rev. Wright as their personal Marriage counselor when they were dealing with the Monica Luwinski issue. I’ve seen one picture of the meeting nothing more. Not even Rev. Wright has mentioned the meetings that took place during that time. Now there’s the conspiracy!

angela Said on April 30th, 2008

@ MEKITA DAVIS…. YOUR COMMENTS ARE RACIST TO SAY THE LEAST AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE AND TOTALLY IGNORANT!!!!!!WHY WOULD YOU WANT A BLACK MALE TO RUN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF AL SHARPTON ETC… EVEN AL SHARPTON HAS LED SEVERAL MARCHES FOR UNJUST TREATMENT AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE.. VOTE FOR WHOMEVER YOU PLEASE BUT STOP MAKING POINTLESS COMMENTS WHICH HAVE NO MERIT. RESEARCH CHILD, RESEARCH!!!!!!!!!

Eric Said on April 30th, 2008

Sandy……That false and you know it. You’ve only seen one picture of Rev Wright with the Clintons and that was at a White House State Dinner! Some of you want Obama to win so bad that you are saying anything before you research

Kool Hand…..I must say as a 40 something year old Black Man I couldn’t agree with your statements more! We do tend to try and hold present day white people accountable for what their ancestors did. It’s outright wrong! Keep your head up Kool Hand!

TC Said on April 30th, 2008

I find it MORE humouus that african americans DEFENDED wright, but now BLAME wright for saying the same things. It all comes down to the fact OBAMA defended wright, so all these idiots defended wright, and now that obama BLAMES wright, now they all blame wright too. They are ALL full of it.

YB Said on April 30th, 2008

I don’t think that there is a conspiracy going on. Rev. Wright just could not resist. He’s like the Character Jack Nicholson played in “A Few Good Men.” The media kept jabbing at him until he could not hold it any longer and his ego burst. Unfortunately, he played into the media’s hands. Smart man, but not so smart after all. Rev. Wright of all people should know not to “Give place to the Devil.”

BONITA Said on April 30th, 2008

I AGREE WITH NATE BENJAMIN, IT IS SO SAD TO SEE
OUR OWN PEOPLE ACT IN THIS MANNER I ALSO FEEL LIKE IT IS BLACK ON BLACK CRIME.

jfffnn Said on May 1st, 2008

Meketadavis
If you are so proud too be Black what makes you think that the only way your child canbe educated is too be around Whites? it may shock you ,but Whites can be just as “ghettoish”if not worse;all you have too do is pay attention too a accurate media source.
As far as “what has blacks done in the last ten years” only brings up the question of where have yo been for the last ten years.If your thinking is that whites make it right then you are affflicted with a slave mentiality.

John Said on May 1st, 2008

MEKITA…..i HOPE YOU GET IT TOGETHER BEFORE JESUS COMES BACK….BUT THEN AGAIN…YOU SOUND LIKE YOU ARE A TARZAN FAN!!!! yOU ARE IN FOR A SURPRIZE!

bradentonreader Said on May 3rd, 2008

THERE IS A WHITE NEWS MEDIA CONSPIRACY AGAINST SENATOR BARACK OBAMA. THEY REALLY WANT TO SEE SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON RUN AGAINST SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN. THE WHITE NEWS MEDIA HOPES THAT THEY CAN CONVINCE WHOTE VOTERS NOT TO VOTE FOR SENATOR BARACK OBAMA BY USING REV. JEREMIAH WRIGHT. ALL OF THERE NEWS COVERAGE IS GEARED TOWARDS SABOTAGING THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF SENATOR OBAMA.

Canadian Said on July 24th, 2008

The right the left its all BS